Show iy y Reply to Mr Ford pd nd His Views on Peace wL Army and Navy Register O Objects j t t to Term Mili Parasite If President Lincoln H Had d Possessed Trained F Force rc of Civil War r. r Wot Would I S Have J Been Avoided JORK Oct 2 2 2 Replying ing to cent tent statement of Henry Ford or I ie e manufacturer that he lie vote millions and his life to tose se of lf universal peace leace a writer my Lj-my and anil Navy Xavy Register evin evi- evi ii n ti officer in the regular arm army I the the Ule army against being d y Ford as is militaristic para- para he ie communication i is in part parts part's i k s 's S 1 now hOW make male Mr 11 Ford a busl- busl jp and in the use of or off or business I appeal appal directly f rn lIe Jle las has sal said that parasites' parasites encourage damn all an whose idea of at pa- pa ia- ia and nd love of their fellow man mancall call for arming brother Brother rother Very well This h s 's s engaged in four wars wais foreign n nations tl ns an and and one the Ithe folks I at home home to to say gpS g gf Ip Indian ian campaigns conn con- con n the Interest of at l business I I I e Mr tr Ford to engage in inh a a t earch or eatch-or or employ some one l L for lor him him and and d then point ouIe out ou le Ie instance where an officer or F i over ever at anytime time re to today urged aged or in any other manner mannerS I ng g to do with th the cause causer en f S u r in which we we have enl enre en- en l lOre re th n that I would like ord tb to ransack ck the field of military men as evl- evl lp y their writings or their at any time within theof tho the fat of the country and point out f j sing single nn-in nn l e nf f ono one n of r f them them has Ail adl ad- ad f j sing single nn-in nn l e nf f ono one n of r f them them has Ail adl ad- ad add d that war be declared or that able or right except a as a aI I national necessity If Henry enry this successfully I I agree e e to toI of f hi his ca cars s and e even en ride de demany 5 f I many others in iIi this coun- coun I bI bly the Laird of and m empl ye Henry Starr Mr Ford indulges in th the that to prepare for tJ nal defence is is' to cause war say ay that to end disease burn tre and hang the doctors and doctors are re effects not c causes uses of it it as nd ld a armies are are effects of hot causes of war When of the h government I nade a a mess of I international nal nall l 1 s when hen the discussions of hu have va tottered and fallen 2 es and treaties have been ted led to the scrap heap and the I fis J at the door it is is' is then the thee the e militaristic parasite ng to Henry Ford must Ford must t step rg d the integrity of the including Henrys Henry's person op Hear him hire pl of armament by States is not only a waste ut a war br breeding policy fine Instruct Henry Henn Attend Ithe e jitney bust bus Prior to t the theary e ary war war we were an as- as of British colonies and andI j as-j I h d no army There were Itt parasites' parasites to foment war jf came After the esit es- es st. s- s it t. t of or peace we promptly I he i e advice of Washington Ir S iway ay with the continental continental- 1789 we had an enormous f 86 officers and men Even s 1812 after the Indians rd ed 1 congress to increase the had but officers and jes Henry HenrJ believe that this jf e troops scattered about J les r keeping ping the Indians ile Jile the settlers cleared cleard the erE responsible for lor the war 1 I I of 1812 But that war over we again gain reduced and at the outbreak of the Mexican war war the military strength or of the United States StatE's was represented represent represent- ed by array of mili parasites Does Iren Henry believe that these caused the the war with Mexico 1 And Henry Fords Ford's will admit that if Mr Lincoln ha had bad been possessed of or a trained force of men in the spring of 1861 the civil war would no not t have occurred S As a matter of fact all wars have come upon us when we had no troops with which to prosecute them and everybody whose Intelligence and fairness rises one degree above now having haing come comp down to the year 1860 we fin find that the tho personal nal liberty liberty lib lib lib- erty and foundation stones of or re republican re- re publican institutions in this cou country country coun coun- try were menaced by a formidable host of officers and men who were guarding a frontier from the Rio Grande Crande to to Canada Does Henry Heno in his timidity of war breeding mili- mili parasites believe that these plunged us Into ito the var war between the states states' And nd then within the memOry memry mem- mem Ory rv ry of Henry Henry- himself In the year ar 1818 when this country countr demanded and procured a w war r wIth V th Spain does this oracle from Detroit recall a single sIngh case where a general an of officer officer of- of or a anybody bo y else els connected with th the army of ot the United States urged or recommended the war in any manner If It he can do that I promise promise prom prom- ise to purchase another of his cars and confess to ownership And nn now sine n TT y And nn now sine n TT y Henry is a bustness bust busi ness man w we shall shaH put aside the lives lost the property destroyed and the anguish and ill m feeling engendered engen engen- dered and and talk about the dollars donars Considering the tho actual money pent spent by the tle federal gov government for the expenses e or of the h w war i- i ProPer the cost was was' and since 1865 we i have appropriated and spent in pensions pensions pen pen- to those who served from four weeks to four years years' including home guards who never heard hard a a. gun fired deserters and bounty vim jumpers ers the enormous normous sum of ot In other words piere- piere mere ly because we did pot have a dent clent trained f force to keep ep order ovder in the country in tn 1861 a useless war was vms fought that lasted four and a h half lf years year's co cos cost the lives live of t hundreds hundreds hun hun- of ot thousands the destruction of t an on amount of pr property p that no no body has a since attempted td id calculate calculate late entailed d an i initial expense in munitions and supplies that consumed consumed con con- more than 10 per cent of ot the total wealth of ot the whole country and anel the expenditure of ot a like sum in the half halt century since as pensions for veterans widows and orphans and collateral heirs cw fow since Henry is a business man businessman man I 1 would like like- for him to point out where e the economy lies Hes in his 8 system stem of at drift dritt- driftIng lag Ing in In the he matter of- of p national ede le ie fence tEnce which 1 Is Ig saving at the and and at the bung as as evi i c by the concrete example of ot the civil war I |